Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Australia · Volume VI, plate 26

Banded Stilt

Volume VI, plate 26 of Gould's The Birds of Australia: Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus)
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Printed on the plate

“Banded Stilt”

Cladorhynchus pectoralis

Modern identification

Banded Stilt

Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

  • Certain
  • Stilts and Avocets · Recurvirostridae

Why

pectoralis = Banded Stilt; not in BirdNET

Sources

List of Plates (vol. VI); Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk

Who made the plate

No credit line could be read. Credit lines cut off: the sheet ends at the foot of the picture, above the caption.